Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-12
HARMONY AND G0OD WILL
OLD SOLDIERS MEET TO ARRANGE
MATTERS.

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Tho Coming Encampment-Meeting of q
Committee and g. A. IL. Celebrities
Speeches and Merry iaking-No Bad
Blood sbown-Isverything Harmoni-
Gus and Satisfactory.
ST. LOUIS, July 11.--The committee
sent from this city to Madison, Wis, to
consult with Gen. Fairchild and the
Grand Army of the Republic department
commanderslconcerning the coming re-
union in this city have returned and re.
port a most cordial reception. At the
banquet the assembly chamber at the cap
ftol was we'll filed with citizens and
Grand Army men, G. b. Welton COM
mander of the G. G. Washburn post, G.,
A. r., occupied the chair, and Gov.
Rusk, Gen. FHirehild and Hon. e. w.
Reyes. ex- mayor of Madison, occupied
seats on the platform. Commander Wei
toms short address of welcome was warm
1y applauded. Gov. Rusk then welcomed
the guests to the state. He said:
II consider it an honor to respond to
this call to welcome you to our state. We
are glad to have you among us and we
are also glad to have here in Wisconsin
the commander-in-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic of America. We
hope you will stay with us, gentlemen
from st. Louis, till you are cooled off. 1t
you only stay with us one week, with
our cool water and pure air, we would
cool you off, and next September we will
come down to st. Louis and we will want
you to warm us up. Gentlemen, / ex-
pect to be present at st. Louis, and
know that To vr:l1 In ,,nrr,11,- oz.x.u "
attended the reunion of the Army OF the
Tennessee, and We were royalty re-
ceived.n
Gen. Grier, Of st. Louis, was wei
coined with cheers. He said:
Comrades, ladies and gentlemen:
This reception which you have rendered
RS has been q surprise to us. - we antici-
pated nothing of the kind when we left
the banks of the Mississippi at st. Louis.
We knew that the people of Wisconsin
are a hospitable people, but we did not
expect to find the large assemblage I'll III
greets us now. We wish to prove that
st. Louis can return your hospitality,
and If you come down to our city, CON
tanning nearly half a million people, we
will show you that st. Louis hospitality
is equal to that of Madison. Wisconsin
has the reputation Of being a cool state,
and when we started up here we thought
1T was a hct day, and we. remarked how
hot 1t was, but were in Illinois, at least
the train passed over a river (here some
one remarked there is the line that separ-
ates Illinois from Wisconsin), and as
soon as we found we were in Wisconsin,
ah, bow cool it got. Wisconsin has a ma
tional reputation. She has produced
great men. Your noble governor last
year, when we were reading of riots, how
your governor put them down. We said;
"Why can't we have Gov. Rusk In East
st. Louisf'
zen. Grier then introduced Col. DIP.
Dyer, OF Missouri, who, in an eloquent
half-hour's speech, reviewed the part
taken by Missouri in the war. Frank p.
Blair, Gen. Lyon, and other soldiers who
fought In Missouri, were warmly eulo-
gized. The stories that the
was to be used as a political plot were
thoroughly denied. The committee is
composed of thirty nine members. and
twenty-nine are Grand Army men and
twenty-five are republicans, and that
would prove how much of 9 democratic
machine the encasnpment wouldbe The
political buncombe was completely ex-
ploded, and the n~on-partisan sentiments
OF the Grand Army loudly cheered. Be-
fore leaving the stand Col. Dyer intro,
duced Maj. s. w. Cobb, of st. Louis, who
served as a Confederate soldier. He was
received with deafening cheers, and his
warm confessions of loyalty to the flag of
the union were cheered to the echo. He
said that tho grand reception which
greeted the committee was no matter Of
surprise to him. He expected it, for
twenty-five years ago he had met Wis
consin people in Virginia, and they al
ways welcomed him. Sometimes they
gave him a bowl.